Z S Makowski: A Pioneer of Space Structures. Issue 3 (December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parke, Gerard A. R.; Behnejad, S. Alireza
• Is Part Of: International journal of space structures. Volume 30:Issue 3/4(2015)
• Page Start: 191
• Page End: 201
• Publication Date: 2015-12
• Subjects: Professor Zygmunt Stanislaw Makowski -- Space Structures Research Centre -- International Journal of Space Structures -- Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Surrey; Space frame structures -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture) -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture); Space frame structures; Periodicals; 624.177
• DOI: 10.1260/0266-3511.30.3-4.191
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-0599

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present information about the life, personality and the contributions of Professor Zygmunt Stanislaw Makowski (1922–2005) as a pioneer in the field of Spatial Structures. He was the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Surrey, in the United Kingdom, for 22 years (from 1962 to 1984). Professor Makowski also created the Space Structures Research Centre of the University of Surrey in May 1963, and the work of this Centre, over the years, has won a great deal of international recognition.